# std::fgetws

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Defined in header `<cwchar>` |  |
wchar_t* fgetws( wchar_t* str, int count, std::FILE* stream ); |  |

Reads at most count - 1 wide characters from the given file stream and stores them in str. The produced wide string is always null-terminated. Parsing stops if end-of-file occurs or a newline wide character is found, in which case str will contain that wide newline character.

### Parameters

str | - | wide string to read the characters to
count | - | the length of str
stream | - | file stream to read the data from

### Return value

str on success, a null pointer on an error.

### Example

Run this code

    #include <array>
    #include <clocale>
    #include <cstdio>
    #include <cstdlib>
    #include <cwchar>
    #include <cwctype>
    #include <iomanip>
    #include <iostream>
    #include <span>
    #include <string>

    void dump(std::span<const wchar_t> sp, std::size_t width = 14)
    {
        for (wchar_t wc : sp)
            std::wcout << (std::iswprint(wc) ? wc : L'.');
        std::wcout << std::wstring(width > sp.size() ? width - sp.size() : 1, L' ')
                   << std::hex << std::uppercase << std::setfill(L'0');
        for (wchar_t wc : sp)
            std::wcout << std::setw(sizeof wc) << static_cast<unsigned>(wc) << ' ';
        std::wcout << '\n';
    }

    int main()
    {
        // Create temp file that contains wide characters
        std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.utf8");
        std::FILE* tmpf = std::tmpfile();

        for (const wchar_t* text : {
            L"Tétraèdre"    L"\n",
            L"Cube"         L"\n",
            L"Octaèdre"     L"\n",
            L"Icosaèdre"    L"\n",
            L"Dodécaèdre"   L"\n"
            })
            if (int rc = std::fputws(text, tmpf); rc == EOF)
            {
                std::perror("fputws()"); // POSIX requires that errno is set
                return EXIT_FAILURE;
            }

        std::rewind(tmpf);

        std::array<wchar_t, 12> buf;
        while (std::fgetws(buf.data(), buf.size(), tmpf) != nullptr)
            dump(std::span(buf.data(), buf.size()));

        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

Possible output:

    Tétraèdre...  0054 00E9 0074 0072 0061 00E8 0064 0072 0065 000A 0000 0000
    Cube..dre...  0043 0075 0062 0065 000A 0000 0064 0072 0065 000A 0000 0000
    Octaèdre....  004F 0063 0074 0061 00E8 0064 0072 0065 000A 0000 0000 0000
    Icosaèdre...  0049 0063 006F 0073 0061 00E8 0064 0072 0065 000A 0000 0000
    Dodécaèdre..  0044 006F 0064 00E9 0063 0061 00E8 0064 0072 0065 000A 0000

### See also

wscanffwscanfswscanf | reads formatted wide character input from stdin, a file stream or a buffer (function)
fgetwcgetwc | gets a wide character from a file stream (function)
fputws | writes a wide string to a file stream (function)
C documentation for fgetws

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